Tana Ganeva, The Influence

A GOP Congressman wants to “ensure lives are protected”—by expanding the death penalty.

Angela Corey, the Jacksonville, Florida state attorney who notoriously pursued a 20-year sentence for Marissa Alexander for firing a warning shot in self-defense, was defeated in her primary for re-election last night.

In the past decade, there’s been a growing awareness of mass incarceration and the damage it’s wreaked, above all on poor communities of color. This has sparked much-needed bipartisan efforts—albeit too little, too late—to lower America’s incarcerated population.

Texas law enforcement officers have heroically “saved” dozens of “sex trafficking victims” by putting them in jail and plastering their mugshots on Facebook.

As a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), there are many ways to fulfill your patriotic duty and defend American freedoms: Short-circuit the democratic process by buying off the entire GOP establishment; threaten to shoot elected lawmakers; or sit on your ass and guzzle expensive wines delivered to you from “hidden, tucked-away vineyards.”